Salt Lake Telegram | 1928-02-26 | Page 1 | New Labor Plan before Box Bill Passage Urged

lAD LABOR R PlAN BEfORE BOX BIll PASSA E S Barring arril g of of Mexicans W Would u D Demoralize Agri 9 lize Ai ri cul culture t Claim ai 5 NEEDS NEEDS' ARE RE OUTLINED Unemployment nt in 5 Nation Natio Ms Is St Stressed 0 WASHINGTON WAS WASIl Il GT N F 25 CAPAn CAP CAP- AP An appeal to congress to io point the way to toa a new labor before s 's shutting off the influx i of Mexican f Mexican farm laborers through enactment of f the Box bill to place all all' western hemisphere nations on h i a quota basis basis basi was rits of f the measure mea mea- mea mea- sure today before for th the h house use immigration gration committee They presented a 3 picture e e ot de agricultural ag l al conditions op W which they said would result li In western and southwestern states 1 If Mexican I I. I laborers gr were we ba barred At t the the 1 same me time Box noi Democrat Democrat- Texas author o or of orthe the measure prepared to Introduce duce new witnesses e ses q testify on the undesirability of the Mexicans URGES SU SUBSTITUTE E E. 3 J. J Walker of Pho Phoenix Ariz general rn manager n ger e ot of the Arizona Cott rs' rs as association t told ld the committee U the experiences of of t hIs hia tl ri in procuring farm Iahn labor la la- la bor declared bor declared d th that t his section was was' wasn n wedded to Mexican labor but to labor and urged d It to an efficient substitute u s b before tore cut cutting ln o off the off f. f the he pres present nt supply The needs needs California citrus farmers tor for Mexican I n l b labor r were wre re stressed by byA A. C C. HardIson of Santa Pa Paula la Cal La The Mexican l he 1 adapted to the season seasonal aI al m nt fr froni ri pl place e t pl e n necessary essary In In- Inthe the tho harvesting of i C Cal California l crops Representative Smith Republican Idaho c chairman arJan of the h house irrigation ir I gation gatlon committee appeared PP ar d to tp pro pro- Continued d on n page page 50 5 i NEW LABOR PLAN BEFORE r y BOX BILL PASSAGE URGED Continued from page 1 1 sent telegrams from numerous citizens citizens citizens citi citi- zens o of his state i protesting protesting- against the enactment of the measure measure Pointing to reports o of unemployment unemployment unemployment ment In iti many sections of the ilie country country coun coun- try Chairman Johnson suggested that It might be possible to set up upa a government agency to distribute the unemployed where there was a aneed aneed aneed need for tor labor Representative Rutherford Demo Democrat Democrat Dem Dem- o rat Georgia said that many la laborers laborers laborers la- la borers were unemployed in Georgia because the farmers had b been en unable unable unable un un- un- un able to market their crops and were for forced ed to leave large areas uncultivated This had resulted he said in the departure o of many ne negroes negroes negroes ne- ne groes to northern industrial cen cen- Walker said that th the peak labor demand in Arizona extended over oyer a fou month four month period during which lettuce lettuce cotton and cantaloupes were being harvested The cotton produced he described as Ion long staple s saying that there was no surplus 10 of this commodity A three-month three immigration pe period pe- pe e- e Walker believed would help to meet the Arizona labor needs but he declared It would be dlf difficult to assure assure the return of the tho l laborers to Mexico at the expiration o of the period u tsE BEST bT T FRUIT t-KUIT PICKER Hardison described the Mexican as as' better adapted to the tedious task o of fruit gathering than any other type of or labor Americans would avoid orange picking whenever whenever whenever when when- ever possible he said sald and would turn to other Jobs which paid less money in preference Smith said that there now were acres o of irrigated land in his st state te which must be cultivated intensively if it produces s profit profit- ably This intensive cultivation he added could not be carried on without without without with with- out the Mexican laborer The citizens citizens citizens citi citi- zens o of his state he said also were protesting against the exclusion of Canadians on the ground that it w would uld be a discourtesy to Canada The Idaho representative described de described described de- de scribed the Mexican as better belter adapted to work In the sugar beet fields than any other type of la la- la borer